Pencil-sharpener.



J. GUZY.

PENCIL SHARPENER.

APPLICATION FILED 8.10.1917.

1,246,419. Patented Nov. 13, 1917.

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Application filed'F'ebruary 10, 1917. f Serial No. 147,793.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that'l, JOHN GUZY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Garfield, in the county ofBergen and State ofNew Jersey, have invented certain new .an'd use ful Improvements in 'PenciLSharpeners; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of lt-he invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains'to make and use the same.

The primary object of this invention is the provision of a sharpener "for pencilsthat will admit of a penc'il':being sharpened in a convenient and expeditious manner, and which includes a sharpening element that is adjustably mounted in a novel manner, so as to admit of the same being conveniently moved to different angular, positions, whereby a bevel of any desiredlength can' be cut on the end of the pencil.

Another object of the invention is the pr0 vision of a device of this character that will be of simple and durable construction, can be cheaply manufactured, will be efiicient in operation, and one wherein the cutting or sharpening element can be removed and a new one substituted in placethereof when desired. 7

Other objects will appear and be better understood from that embodiment of my invention of which the following is a speci fication, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part thereof, in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the sharpener, constructed in accordance with my invention, showing the position assumed by a pencil while being sharpened,

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view, taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a side view of the sharpening device,

Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line l-l of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the sharpening device is designated, as an en tirety, by the numeral 1, and consists of a pair of superposed rectangular shaped and relatively flat plates 2 and 3. The plates 2 and 3 are provided with transverse cutout portions and 5, which register with each other, and each cutout portion has one end opening into one side of the body formed by the plates 2 and 3. That side of the body of the sharpening device 'lhat has the out out, portions opening 'thereinto is provided with an angi'ilar shaped; plate 6,'one side of the angular. shaped *plate being secured to the upper; plate 261"" the body of the 'sharpening device, and the other side of the. angular shaped plate 2-.extends' beneath' the 'lowerplate3 of the body, and the said sides of'the plate"'6 aresecure'd inpositioni-by l means offasten'in'g'elements? "As shown} in Fig.1 of'the'"cli'awing,.the plate 6 extends across the cutout portions 4 and 5. The opposedi'faces of the plates :2' miserthe' body of the sharpening device are, provided with opposed recesses 8,"whichfreceive a cutting element 9. "The cutting element?) is of'rectangular configuration and has its opposite longitirdinal' edges beveled to 1 provide cutting edges 1 0. One end of the cutting element '9 extends into the cutout portions 4: an'd'5, shown more, particularly inFigs/l I and 2 'of'the 'drawing,=-and a bo'lt'll has the shankthereof extending through registering openings inthe plates Qand '3- of the body ofthe sharpening device and through an opening in the cutting element 9, an'ds-o ne en'd of the bolt is provided with a head that engages the outer surface of the outenplate 2, and is provided with an extension 12, and the opposite end of the bolt extends beyond the outer face of the plate 3 and has a nut 13 turned thereon and adjustable against he adjacent outer face of the plate 3, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawing. hen the nut 13 is adjusted against the plate 3, the plates 2 and 3 will tightly clamp the cutting element 9 therebetween.

When it is desired to sharpen a pencil, that end of the pencil that is to have the bevel cut thereon, is passed upwardly be tween the horizontal arm of the angular shaped plate 6 and the adjacent cutting edge 10 on the cutting element 9, as shown in Figs. 1 and l of the drawing, and engaged against the mentioned cutting edge 10. The body of the cutting device and the pencil are then given relative movement so as to cause the end of the pencil to be reduced, as shown in the drawing. By loosening the nut 13, and thereby releasing the clamping action of the plates 2 and 3, the sharpening or cutting element 9 can be adjusted to various angular positions with respect to the plate 6, so as to admit of a bevel of any desired length being cut in the end of the pencil.

' The plate 2 has the upper surface of that endwall of the'cutout portion 4 that is located opposite the plate 6 cutaway, as shown at 14, and slightly rounded to provide a bearing surface for the thumb of that hand of the operator that holds the pencil, as shown in Fig. 4, so that the pencil can be firmly pressed into engagement with the cutting edge 10 of the cutting element 9.

The body portion of the sharpening device has the terminal of that end that has the cutout portions 4. and 5 therein provided with a transversely extending angular shaped plate 15, one of the side portions of the plate overlying the outer face of the plate 2 of the body of the cutting device and in spaced relation thereto, and. another angular shaped plate 16 is positioned at the side of the body of the sharpening device, adjacent that end that has the plate 15 mounted thereon, and one of the side portions of the plate 16 overlies the outer face of the plate 2 in spaced re lation therewith and cooperates with that side of the angular shaped plate 15 that overlies the plate 2 in securing a piece of sand-paper 17 that is mounted on the outer face of the plate 2, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing. After the bevel has been cut in the end of the pencil, the end of the crayon or lead, that has been exposed, is presented to the roughened face of the sandpaper 17 and moved across the roughened face a suflicient number of times to reduce the exposed terminal of the crayon to a point.

When one of the cutting edges of the cutting element becomes worn or dulled, the cutting element can be reversed so as to present the cutting edge on the opposite longitudinal edge of the cutting element to the plate 6, so that sharpening of the pencil can be effected in an expeditious manner. vVhen desired, the sharpening or cutting element 9 can be removed and a new one substituted in place thereof. 7

It is evident that various changes might be resorted to in the construction, form and arrangement of the several parts without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What I claim as new, is:

A pencil sharpening device comprising a body having a cutout portion therein for the reception of one end of a pencil and having one end opening into one side of the body, an angular shaped plate associated with the body and located at the mentioned side thereof and having one of the angular sides extending across the mentioned end of the cutout portion, the said plate having its other angular side extending beneath the body and underlying the cutout portion, and a cutting element carried by the body and extending into the cutout portion.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JQHN GUZY. WVitnesses:

ABE BAUMAN, HUGO HOFFMAN.

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